Robin Hood / A collection of all the ancient poems, songs, and ballads, now extant, relative to that celebrated English outlaw. To which are prefixed historical anecdotes of his life.

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Y schall bey of ‘they’ [235] pottys, so mot y the.

Ye schall haffe of the best, seyde Roben,

And swar be the treneytè.

Foll corteysley ‘she’ [236] gan hem call,

Come deyne with the screfe and me.

Godamarsey, seyde Roben,

Yowr bedyng schall be doyn.

A mayden yn the pottys gan ber,

Roben and the screffe weyffe folowed anon.

Whan Roben ynto the hall cam,